CVE-2001-0006 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Winsock2ProtocolCatalogMutex mutex in Windows NT 4.0 has inappropriate Everyone/Full Control permissions, which allows local users to modify the permissions to "No Access" and disable Winsock network connectivity to cause a denial of service, aka the "Winsock Mutex" vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00128.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Nt Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98075221915234&w=2
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-003
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6006

History

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-12-03T15:43:09.651Z

Reserved: 2001-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0006

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:54.497Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-02-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0006

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-732

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